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Document: BEL-AO-07003

BEL
BEL-AO-07003
Outside front cover
Printing technique
Inside front cover
Substrate
UV feature
Printing technique
Printing technique
Inside back cover
Biodata page
Substrate
Watermark
UV feature
Printing technique
Printing technique
Printing technique
Facial image
Document element (if no other qualifier is applicable)
Substrate
Facial image
Facial image
Inner page(s)
UV feature
Printing technique
Inner page(s)
UV feature
Printing technique
Printing technique
Inner page(s)
Substrate
Watermark
UV feature
Printing technique
Inner page(s)
Inner page(s)

Title:

REISEPASS_PASSEPORT_PASPOORT

Issuing Country:

BEL - Belgium • ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE_KONINKRIJK BELGIË_KÖNIGREICH BELGIEN •

Document Category:

A - Passport

Document type:

O - ordinary document

Document version number:

07003

First issued on:

01/02/2008

Not valid after:

01/05/2019

Valid:

no

Legal status / main purpose:

Travel document issued to nationals of: BEL - Belgium • ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE_KONINKRIJK BELGIË_KÖNIGREICH BELGIEN •

Overall construction:

single booklet

Format width (mm):

88

Format height (mm):

125

Number of pages:

32

Validity

Maximum validity:

5 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

18 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

Validity

Maximum validity:

2 year(s)

Minimum age for validity:

0 year(s)

Maximum age for validity:

17 year(s)

Extension is possible:

no

A 64-page version of this type of passport is also available

Outside front cover

Construction:

flexible

Cover embossing:

hot foil stamping

Material:

plastic

Overall colour:

burgundy

Image 254099 of Outside front cover
Cover of German-language version
Image 254098 of Outside front cover
Close-up of Belgium's coat-of-arms (German-language version) in hot foil stamping

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

OBLIQUE

Border consisting of cross-shaped flower motifs within lozenges, embossed down the right-hand edge of the cover

Image 254111 of Printing technique
Front cover embossing
Image 254100 of Inside front cover
Inside front cover in German-language version

Security features:

Substrate

Presence of Fibres:

no

Planchettes:

no

Light:

NORMAL

Security features:

UV feature

Light:

UV LIGHT

Image 254113 of UV feature
Inside front cover under UV light (365 nm)

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

NORMAL

Security Element:

guilloches / fine line patterns

Description:

overlapping design consisting of a pattern formed of lozenges containing a cross-shaped flower motif and a regular pattern of small squares

Security Element:

miniprint

Description:

"BELBELBEL" (repeated, tapering off towards the beginning and the end)

Security Element:

microprint

Description:

"KONINKRIJKBELGIEKÖNIGREICHBELGIENROYAUMEDEBELGIQUE" (repeated)

Description:

"ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE", "KONINKRIJK BELGIE" and "KÖNIGREICH BELGIEN"

Security Element:

rainbow colouring

Description:

shifting from light magenta to dark magenta

Security features:

Printing technique

Light:

OBLIQUE

Technique:

intaglio printing

Image 254119 of Printing technique
Latent image

Inside back cover

    Same safeguards as on inside front cover

    Image 254101 of Inside back cover

    Page 2

    This page has no (printed or watermark) page numbering

    Image 254102 of Biodata page
    Biodata page in German-language version

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Presence of Fibres:

    not known

    Planchettes:

    no

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security features:

    Watermark

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Unlike on the other pages, the watermark on this page is perpendicular to the long edge.

    Image 254120 of Watermark
    Watermark in biodata page (German-language version)

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    infill other than MRZ code

    Colours:

    orange

    Image 254123 of UV feature
    Biodata page under UV light (365 nm)

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Description:

    overlapping design consisting of a pattern formed of lozenges containing a cross-shaped flower motif and an irregular pattern of small squares, some of which are hatched and some not

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    OBLIQUE

    Security Element:

    OVI (optically variable ink)

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Description:

    varying between burgundy, gold-coloured and green

    Security Element:

    latent image

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Security Element:

    latent image

    Technique:

    intaglio printing

    Image 254127 of Printing technique
    OVI and dual latent image

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Description:

    MRZ code

    Security features:

    Facial image

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Photo type:

    colour

    Photo integration technique:

    inkjet printing

    Document element (if no other qualifier is applicable)

    Transparent plastic separating biodata page and page 3

    Image 254104 of Document element (if no other qualifier is applicable)

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Presence of Fibres:

    no

    Planchettes:

    no

    Light:

    NORMAL

    transparent composite plastic is shiny on one side and matt on the other

    Image 254132 of Substrate
    Transparent composite plastic

    Security features:

    Facial image

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Photo type:

    black & white

    Photo integration technique:

    laser engraving

    Security features:

    Facial image

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Photo type:

    secondary (ghost) image

    Photo integration technique:

    other

    Image 254140 of Facial image

    Page 1

    This page has no (printed or watermark) page numbering

    Image 254105 of Inner page(s)
    Page 1 in German-language version

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Description:

    two hatched squares

    UV feature:

    fluorescent overprint (invisible under normal light)

    Colours:

    yellow

    Image 254143 of UV feature
    Page 1 under UV light (365 nm)

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security Element:

    guilloches / fine line patterns

    Description:

    dual design consisting of hatched squares and a pattern formed of lozenges containing a cross-shaped flower motif

    Page 3

    This page has no printed page number

    This page is printed with advice for checking security elements

    Unlike page 1/2, this page does have a page number in the form of a watermark as do all the other pages

    Image 254106 of Inner page(s)
    Page 3 in German-language version

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Colours:

    red, blue

    Image 254146 of UV feature
    Page 3 under UV light (365 nm)

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security Element:

    guilloches / fine line patterns

    Description:

    dual design consisting of hatched squares and a pattern formed of lozenges containing a cross-shaped flower motif

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Description:

    pictures depicting a number of security elements to be checked

    Image 254107 of Inner page(s)
    Visa page and stitching thread (German-language version)

    Security features:

    Substrate

    Planchettes:

    no

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security features:

    Watermark

    Light:

    TRANSMITTED

    Image 254149 of Watermark
    Watermarks: head and shoulders of King Albert II in centre and page number in bottom right-hand corner

    Security features:

    UV feature

    Light:

    UV LIGHT

    Image 254150 of UV feature

    Security features:

    Printing technique

    Light:

    NORMAL

    Security Element:

    guilloches / fine line patterns

    Description:

    pictures of various buildings, differing from page to page

    Description:

    bilingual caption specifying the location of the building depicted in green on the page

    Inner page(s)

      (From) Page number (as printed):

      4

      Page 4, entitled 'Passseite für Vermerke der Ausstellungsbehörde’, is reserved for the use of the authorities responsible for issuing the passport

      Image 254108 of Inner page(s)
      Page 4 in German-language version

      Inner page(s)

        (From) Page number (as printed):

        31

        Up to page number (as printed):

        32

        Page 31 lists the biodata headings (1 to 10) in 23 languages

        The top section of page 32 contains a notice ("HINWEIS") from the authorities responsible for issuing the passport, and lower section states in 23 languages how many pages the passport contains (32 or 64)

        Image 254109 of Inner page(s)
        Page 31 in German-language version
        Image 254110 of Inner page(s)
        Page 32 in German-language version
        BELThis information is supplied to you by the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union. It has been selected and compiled by document experts in Belgium • ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE_KONINKRIJK BELGIË_KÖNIGREICH BELGIEN •
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